[ she releases him after that friendly kiss, and feels all the better for it. although she's made friends in these parts and most have been true and constant friends at that, it's never quite the same as someone from home. someone who has survived the hellmouth at her side. someone who already knows the peaks and valleys of her past: the achievements and the failures and the days when they felt relieved merely to be alive. ]
C'mon. The house isn't far. [ she gestures in a northwesterly direction, towards a simple bridge that crosses the town's ever-present river. and she loops her arm through his, letting her shoulder settle against him. ]
Meet anyone peculiar and-slash-or personable, yet? [ she suspects she wasn't the only one to latch onto the sound of a new feather in not-quite-distress. ]
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[ she releases him after that friendly kiss, and feels all the better for it. although she's made friends in these parts and most have been true and constant friends at that, it's never quite the same as someone from home. someone who has survived the hellmouth at her side. someone who already knows the peaks and valleys of her past: the achievements and the failures and the days when they felt relieved merely to be alive. ]
C'mon. The house isn't far. [ she gestures in a northwesterly direction, towards a simple bridge that crosses the town's ever-present river. and she loops her arm through his, letting her shoulder settle against him. ]
Meet anyone peculiar and-slash-or personable, yet? [ she suspects she wasn't the only one to latch onto the sound of a new feather in not-quite-distress. ]